Brotherhood 2.0: January 23rd
2007-01-23 · letter vlog · Hank · 3:32 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Books & writing) · mode: Comedy & performance · tags: community lore, timely hook
Hank toasts John's Printz Honor with tea, reports being recognised as John's brother in a bookstore, asks whether John's happy dance is real, and introduces the 'in your pants' book-title game from Maureen Johnson's blog.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Tea in a wine glass; toasts to the Printz Honor ('silver medals'); a bookstore owner recognises Hank as John's brother and has heard John won
- ★ Hank explains he is blowing on his wine glass because it holds tea; he needed something to toast with. (playful) — 00:00:03
- ★★ Hank congratulates John on his Printz nomination and toasts the award, An Abundance of Katherines, and Katherine herself, sitting nearby and waving, then 'silver medals', teasing that it falls short of last time. (playful) — 00:00:03 · An Abundance of Katherines, Katherine Green
- ★★ At a bookstore a woman recognised Hank as John Green's brother; Hank jokes that he is famous now. (playful) — 00:00:30 · John Green
- ★★ Hank says the bookstore owner might be John's biggest fan, with several (small) sections devoted to him, and had heard he won the Printz. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:57
- ★ Hank jokes that John is racking up Printz Awards and asks what one does with two: a statue, a sticker on every book (which he likes), or more money? (playful) — 00:00:57
00:01:21 — Two Printz Awards: a statue, stickers or money?; John didn't do his happy dance: is it real or just to entertain?
- ★★ Hank notes John didn't do his happy dance on hearing of the Printz and asks whether it is real or just to entertain viewers: if the latter, 'this thing isn't real', and it has to be. (playful) — 00:01:21 · Happy dance (practice)
- ★ Hank then says they could start faking things, and demonstrates 'fake time', claiming to sit by the fire in his 'girlfriend's' coat because they aren't married. (joke, hedged) — 00:01:21
00:01:57 — 'Fake time': by the fire in his 'girlfriend's' coat; the 'in your pants' suffix from Maureen Johnson's blog
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★★★ Hank says he was recently at Maureen Johnson's blog, about a long conversation John, Johnson and Lockhart had on the suffix 'in your pants': every book title gets better with it. (playful) — 00:01:57 · Maureen Johnson, in your pants
“every book title becomes better when you add in your pants to the end of the title”
00:02:28 — Book titles from the cabin with 'in your pants'; sign-off and 'one Catherine in my pants'
- ★★ Hank applies the suffix to books in the cabin: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Present Moment Wonderful Moment, Stumbling on Happiness, The Left Hand of Darkness and a student bible. (joke) — 00:02:28 · in your pants
Humor (significant)
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The bookstore owner has several sections devoted entirely to John. — 00:00:57
“Though, they're all kind of small.”
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Demonstrating faking things, Hank says he sits by the fire in his girlfriend's coat. — 00:01:57
“We aren't married because this is fake time.”
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Going around the cabin, Hank adds 'in your pants' to the titles of the books he finds. — 00:02:28
“Stumbling on Happiness in Your Pants.”
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Signing off, Hank says 'Catherines in your pants' is nice, disclaiming an abundance of them. — 00:02:54
“But one catherine in my pants is quite nice.”
Threads in this video
- update · John's An Abundance of Katherines receives a Printz Honor (2007) — Hank congratulates John on the Printz Honor and reports that a bookstore owner, a big fan, had heard John won. (00:00:57)
- first use · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — Hank introduces the 'in your pants' suffix from a conversation John, Maureen Johnson and E. Lockhart had on Johnson's blog, and adds it to book titles. (00:02:28)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — running joke (last seen 2023); last: callback, 2023-12-24
- John's An Abundance of Katherines receives a Printz Honor (2007) — followed over 4 videos (2007); last: update, 2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied)
Mentioned
Central: in your pants · Michael L. Printz Award
Also: An Abundance of Katherines · Happy dance (practice) · Katherine Green · Present Moment Wonderful Moment · Stumbling on Happiness · The Dance of the Dissident Daughter · The Left Hand of Darkness
Only in the description or credits: E. Lockhart · Maureen Johnson
Also centred on Michael L. Printz Award: Brotherhood 2.0, January 22, 2007 · June 26: The American Library Association Parties · Looking for Alaska Five Years After the Printz Award
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th (Hank) — continues — “As you may have noticed in my January 23rd video” (00:00:09)